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Cultrex® Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adipogenic Differentiation Kit

Adipogenesis is the process by which fat is formed.(1) Fat formation plays a role in obesity, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic disorders.(1) It also has a role in the maintenance of the bone marrow cavity. Adipocytes are derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), which are a self-renewing population of multipotent cells present in bone marrow and many other adult tissues that can differentiate into multiple lineage-specific cells that form bone, fat, cartilage, muscle and tendon.(2-5) Differentiation of primary cells, specifically MSC, into adipocytes can be a useful tool for understanding the mechanisms involved in adipogenesis leading eventually to interventions designed to prevent obesity.

FEATURES:

Optimized reagents for the differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Adipocytes. Sufficient reagents to differentiate one 24 well plate and stain two 24 well plates. The amount of differentiation can be quantified.

APPLICATIONS :

Tool for understanding mechanisms involved in adipogenesis eventually leading to interventions designed to prevent obesity.